Total 17 Quality Assurance / Control job vacancies in Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington

As a Government Information Specialist (Compliance), GS-0306-12, your typical work assignments may include:

• Support PRIV's efforts to ensure that sound privacy and information sharing safeguards and policies are in place across the department to ensure that privacy compliance issues are addressed.
• Evaluate various reports, correspondence, and other agency materials to identify Privacy impact and risks.
• Support PRIVs efforts to ensure that sound privacy safeguards and policies are in place across the Department and make certain that privacy compliance issues are addressed throughout the Department in order to limit unauthorized access to personally identifiable information.
• Communicate official PRIV policies on privacy and compliance issues; and assists in developing and conducting privacy training for employees and contractors.

PHYSICIAN/DENTIST: SR-602 $145,000 - $310,000

NOTE: For Physician - Applicant's education and length of practice (experience) will be considered by a Compensation Panel in determining the salary of the applicant selected. Exceptions to the salary cap must be approved.

Work schedule: Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week

Financial Disclosure Report: Required
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized
Relocation Expenses: Authorized

The Department of Veterans Affairs offers Permanent Change of Station (PCS) relocation services. Permanent Change of Station is the relocation of a household due to government convenience in connection with a transfer between duty stations or facilities. For more information go to http://vaww.fscdirect.fsc.va.gov/pcs.asp.

The Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Quality and Patient Safety (Associate DUSH for QPS) is a direct report to the Deputy Under Secretary for Health (DUSH) and supports the overall work of the Office of the Under Secretary for Health (USH). The Associate DUSH for QPS provides national leadership in the formulation and establishment of effective health care policies, programs, and initiatives that fulfill the VHA's mission to provide personalized, pro-active, high quality, safe, reliable care for Veterans. The Associate DUSH for QPS is responsible for leading VHA on its journey toward becoming a high reliability organization and has oversight of VHA's performance measurement, quality and process improvement, safety, clinical risk management, systems redesign, accreditation, and data analytics and reporting programs. The office manages approximately 400 clinical and administrative professionals in the day-to-day operations of these key programmatic elements. The Associate DUSH for QPS serves in a direct consultative capacity to the Under Secretary for Health, serving as a national subject matter expert in the quality improvement and patient safety QPS directorate. The Associate DUSH for QPS works collaboratively with other Assistant Under Secretaries leading the strategic direction of the Veterans Health Administration.

Additionally, the Associate DUSH for QPS provides consultation to the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs
and works closely with Veterans Service Organizations, Congress and their constituents, addressing the immediate and long-term needs of our Nation's Veterans.

As a Human Resources Specialist (Classification & Recruitment), you will:

• Serve as a technical expert providing the full range of support to managers and supervisors in the following: Classification and position management-related duties to include resolving difficult and complex position management and position classification issues involving a variety of professional, administrative, technical, law enforcement, and clerical positions.
• Serve as a technical expert on classification matters. Provide extensive assistance, advice and guidance to supervisors and managers to clarify and define duties and responsibilities of positions, interrelationships with other positions, and career patterns, determine the types of positions required and the most appropriate organizational structure, recommending options or alternative courses of action for attaining human resource management goals. Interpret, analyze, and prepare responses to new or proposed changes to complex legislative, regulatory, and policy guidance affecting classification.
• Serve as a technical expert in providing the full range of support to managers and supervisors in performing the following: complex position analysis to determine position requirements and area of consideration, utilize the most efficient techniques to fill vacancies and meet the goals of the Directorates/Offices served.
• Provide management with a wide range of flexible and innovative strategies in carrying out the full range of Delegated Examining Unit (DEU) for assigned areas. In this capacity, develop job analysis, crediting plans, vacancy announcements, position descriptions, assessment questionnaires, and other rating guides, reviews employment applications for minimum qualification requirements, adjudicates veterans' preference, and prepares Certificates of Eligibles and reviews contractor's work, as appropriate.
• Assist with various candidate onboarding duties and responsibilities.

Under direction of management develops schedule to ensure the Quality Assurance Evaluation Program is conducted in accordance with Air Force (AF) Standards. Inspects lodging rooms, buildings, grounds, parking lots and other areas such as offices, day rooms, hallways and storage areas for quality and quantity of work performed by all employees. Evaluates and updates all general room instructions to include: guest directories, fire evacuation procedures, equipment instructions, sundry price listings, and informational signage. Corrects publications as required. Reviews guest feedback, analyzes data, and informs Lodging Manager of issues or areas requiring correction. Tracks trends in performance and conducts hospitality specific training to improve overall guest service and compliance with established standards. Responsible for monitoring the Lodging Educational Institute training program in accordance with Air Force Lodging standards. Works with section supervisors to determine training needs. Tracks courses required to maintain or earn hospitality certifications. Oversees and manages the in-house training program. Oversees small study groups or self-directed studies as needed to complete lodging courses. Coordinates with Lodging Manager and Assistant Manager to establish and maintain budgets for staff development, incentives, and recognition items. Ensures completion of hospitality training required for certification with AH&LA/ Educational Institute. Coordinates with the Lodging Educational Institute to obtain training dates, materials, and instruction plans. Assesses the effectiveness of training standards in all areas of Lodging. Observes and reviews processes and performance in the workplace and adjusts training programs to address any performance shortcomings noted. Performs other related duties as assigned.

If interested in applying for this position you may preview the online application: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12619408

As an unpaid summer 2025 intern, you will be asked to assist other attorneys in the office with legal research and writing; reviewing policies, regulations, statutes, and contracts; assisting with litigation matters; reviewing audit or investigative reports; reviewing subpoenas; assisting with other legal assignments as necessary. Student Volunteers will choose the volunteer service position they are interested in. The different volunteer service positions available are: Legal position, Field Examiner position, and Administrative Professional position. To learn more about the different volunteer service positions, please click on the position links.

• Monitors and controls major segments of a variety of difficult and complex project plans and specifications.
• Maintains surveillance over complicated structures involving complex construction problems.
• Determines need for project changes, estimates cost, and develops project modifications.
• Serves as liaison between the contracting officer and the project engineer.

• Plans and directs Quality Assurance (QA) Group operations.
• Plans the accomplishment of QA Group functions within the resources provided by and the policies and regulations established at higher levels.
• Utilizes risk based techniques to establish, adjust and maintain surveillance over contractors' operating procedures.
• Evaluates contractor performance for compliance with the contract, applicable quality assurance policies, and regulations.
• Conducts Personnel Management and provides Administrative Supervision over Personnel in specialized technical occupations.

• Responsible for packaging draft and final audit reports and analyzing the reports to ensure that these audit reports do not contain personally identifiable information (PII).
• Responsible for using Adobe Acrobat software to redact PII from audit reports. Responsible for distributing draft and final reports issued from OAS Headquarters to HHS OPDIVs and keeping OAS Headquarters and Regional management apprised of the status of the report distribution.
• Responsible for ensuring that audit reports posted to the HHS-OIG Internet are Section 508 compliant and accessible to persons with disabilities.
• Responsible for analyzing the report for section 508 compliance and if necessary, remediating the audit report using the appropriate software tools.
• Assists Regional Program Support Specialists in making their audit reports Section 508 compliant.
• Design, develop, and maintain the OAS Intranet site.
• Ensures that reports prepared for the internet are complete, accurate, and uploaded in a timely manner.
• Implements enhancements in response to OAS changing needs.
• Prepare final audit reports for posting to the OIG website, in accordance with OIG Public Affairs guidelines.
• Coordinate posting of final audit reports to the OIG website by the legislatively required timeframe with Office of Management and Policy (OMP) technology staff.
• Coordinate with OIG Executive Secretariat on the processing and distribution of OAS draft and final audit reports.
• Keep OAS management and program support specialists apprised of the status of final and draft audit reports and other OIG correspondence.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provides HRO program management/administration to ensure that programs/initiatives align directly with the journey to high reliability.
• Serves as the subject matter expert on the HRO mission and objectives.
• HRO Baseline Training, Clinical Team Training facilitator. Facilitates, coaches and trains staff at all levels of the organization on high reliability principles/concepts.
• Manages a portfolio of projects and works independently while responding to requests for information and support from all levels of the organization, including senior level managers.
• Responsible for the identification of information and analysis needed to manage critical aspects of operations as well as for the design and development of information sources, reports, analytical studies, and data templates.
• Develops and implements systems to assist in providing oversight of critical informatics and analytics functions.
• Interfaces with the QSV and hospital leadership to evaluate and incorporate best practices to improve patient care and ensure that standards set are met.
• Responsible for the oversight of the use and management of data for the HCS, including collection, reporting and analysis in support of its high reliability journey.
• Conducts analytical studies on operational processes, issue topics, or related special projects.
• Monitors and develops milestones for assigned portion of the execution of organizational plans, particularly those requiring physical relocation of personnel, work, and equipment.
• Supports new programs/initiatives that align directly with the journey to high reliability, which puts Veterans at the center of all processes, innovations, improvements, and changes.
• Serves as the primary supporting consultant for the development and implementation of program operations related to new programs and/or initiatives that have a direct impact on data management, processing, problem resolution, and process improvement along the journey to high reliability.
• Stay current on all aspects of the initiatives, identify potential risks and issues, collaborate with staff both internal and external to ensure necessary requirements are appropriately documented and met, and effectively lead and socialize the changes necessary for successful implementation.
• Applies knowledge of health care system delivery, performance and quality improvement and health care accreditation to provide technically correct and pragmatic advice.
• Conducts innovative analysis and extends accepted standards to achieve high reliability organization (HRO) principles and an operating plan the Medical Center.
• Prepares and delivers written and verbal review of findings and recommendations to HCS, VISN, and VHACO leadership to determine applicable requirements and feasible problem resolution.
• The incumbent provides detailed reports to senior leadership on the schedule, measures, and key change management components.
• The incumbent works in partnership with the National Center for Patient Safety, Office of Systems Redesign and Improvement, Quality Manager, Patient Safety Managers, Systems Redesign (Improvement) Coordinator and Clinical leadership to ensure planning, coordinating, tracking, reporting and communicating objectives to the various stakeholders both external and internal to VA.
• Have a clear working expert knowledge of the HRO mission and objectives with excellent communication skills.
• Continuous improvement of services to stakeholders requires significant interaction with a wide range of professionals and results in the incumbent assuming a highly visible role in representing the Medical Center at the VISN and national level.
• Have the ability to communicate orally and in writing about complex clinical and non-clinical matters with individuals with varying levels of understanding and authority.
• Performs Other Duties as Assigned.

• Monitor contractual production. Identify and audit the processes used to comply with contract requirements.
• Monitoring Quality Control program. Ensure the contractor quality personnel understands the contractual requirements.
• Monitoring Performance. Analyze contractor performance, quality processes, and perform data analysis to ensure consistent contractor performance.
• Performs documentation to record contractor's performance. Perform duties as required by the Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) / Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) I Support ACO (SACO) delegations.
• Support the Quality Assurance Director and Superintendent in Quality Assurance functions.

As a Supervisory Resource Management Specialist you will:

• Identify and integrate internal and external issues affecting the immediate organization, such as those involving technical and administrative factors.
• Integrate the work of the team where each member contributes a portion of the analyses, facts, information, proposed actions, or recommendations; and/or ensure compatibility and consistency of interpretation, judgment, logic, and application of policy.
• Oversee the resource management and strategic acquisition planning as well as the development and dissemination of technical documentation to support the Division.
• Improve program efficiencies through process improvement and solution development, workforce management and development.

As a Supervisory Health Scientist you will:

• Identify and integrate internal and external issues affecting the immediate organization, such as those involving technical and administrative factors.
• Integrate the work of the team where each member contributes a portion of the analyses, facts, information, proposed actions, or recommendations; and/or ensures compatibility and consistency of interpretation, judgment, logic, and application of policy.
• Serve as a recognized expert in health sciences for the agency with responsibility for developing policy and objectives, appraising programs, and initiating requirements for the health benefits model that provides medically necessary treatment and monitoring to survivors and responders and Pentagon and Shanksville responders because of the 9/11 attacks.
• Serve as advisor for the planning, design, implementation, and analysis of projects.

As a Supervisory Sanctions Compliance Officer, you will:
- Identify technical and practical issues regarding the financial sector and OFAC compliance, prepare policy papers and recommendations for senior Treasury management, and clearly articulate the reasons for recommending particular courses of action.
- Write, develop, update, format, publish, and disseminate a wide array of OFAC sanctions publications and materials relating to the financial industry, in both hard and electronic copies.
- Represent OFAC at outreach events, especially financial industry conferences.
- Interpret regulations and program policies for use by other specialists or analysts when standard methods are questioned, challenged, or inadequate.
- Make recommendations to senior officials on OFAC compliance programs and policies.

As a Public Health Analyst (Policy & Issues Management) you will:

• Develop projects to identify, review, and analyze complex and highly visible actions such as public health legislation, executive directives, Departmental policy issuances, voluntary changes in practice by influential organizations or groups, as well as other problems, issues, or program requirements that may be unstable or complex and that have the potential to impact public health as well as the activities of the division, center, and/or coordinating center.
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with other organizational units within Centers for Disease Control (CDC) including other national centers, and offices within the CDC Office of the Director, CDC Washington, FMO/Leg, and others; other Federal agencies and quasi-governmental groups such as the CDC Foundation; and other key partners including national and international organizations.
• Develop new public health programmatic initiatives and assess issues of importance to the mission and activities of the program.
• Identify strategic programmatic and public health areas in need of strengthening as well as new areas for program development.
• Respond to Congressional/Executive Branch inquiries and correspondence requesting information regarding CDC strategies, programs, and responses to health problems; data; and general information requested about health problems.
• Develop materials to explain programs to the general public and to specific groups including Congressional staff, legislative committees and subcommittees, state policy makers, Departmental and other executive branch officials, and other groups interested in specific program activities.

1. This position will support the Federal Government's response efforts to COVID-19. Conducts an information program to elicit support and involvement in fire prevention, detection, and suppression. Secures client interest through emphasis of pertinent fire prevention topics and developing messages from actual fire incidents.

2. Performs regular and periodic fire protection inspections for all areas of the installation where the potential severity and expectancy for fire is high and involves hazards that are difficult to recognize and, once identified, require advanced or innovative methods to reduce or eliminate them.

3. Inspects, tests, and corrects deficiencies on a variety of fire protection systems, many of which are complex or designed for a specific operation or hazardous condition, (e.g., carbon dioxide cascade systems, halon total flood systems, heat rise detection systems, and interlock systems).

4. Reviews engineering plans and specifications for new construction, alteration, and extension of existing structures.

5. Develops and maintains a variety of documentation such as fire prevention inspection schedules and facilities jackets on assigned facilities. Complies with health, safety, and environmental rules and procedures and performs work in a manner that enhances the safety of the work environment.